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razor slot en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of razor blade slot.
    • He checked the razor slot in the medicine cabinet, all the crevices, and even tapped the grouting between tiles. 1995, Charles Baxter, “Super Night”, in The Pushcart prize, XX, 1996 : best of the small presses, page 114:
    • He checked the razor slot in the medicine cabinet, all the crevices, and even tapped the grouting between tiles. 1988, Dean, Maureen, Washington wives, page 182:
    • If you ever try to put a used blade down the razor slot and find the slot stuffed to the gills, you may assume that you are either in a very old hotel or in one that caters to a particularly hirsute clientele. Of course, there are fewer of those blades being deposited than there were years ago, because disposable razors are particularly popular among travelers; disposables won't fit in the skinny opening. 1999, Feldman, David, Life's imponderables : the answers to civilization's most perplexing questions, page 113:

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